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Chapter 460 Was Conquered by You Just Like This (Third Update, Please Subscribe)
Paris in September was shrouded in an ominous atmosphere.

Throughout August, there seemed to be no good news for France.

On August 8, the French army first attacked the Prussian army in the Saarbrücken area with 2 divisions, and was then repelled.

Two days later, the Prussians crossed the border and attacked France.

From that day on, bad news followed like a shadow. First, Marshal Bazin led hundreds of thousands of troops and was surrounded in Metz.After the news came that the emperor personally led the Second Army to rescue Bazin, before the Parisians breathed a sigh of relief, even worse news came-the emperor and the Second Army were surrounded in Sedan.

Just when the French desperately thought that failure was inevitable, the savior who fell from the sky saved everything.

News of victory!
No, the news that the airship had defeated the Prussian army and successfully rescued the emperor and the [-] troops of the Second Army came from Paris like lightning.Those Parisians who were still angry because of the emperor's incompetence yesterday, and panicked because of the possible victory of the Prussians, all shouted excitedly.

In the early morning, the newsboys selling newspapers kept running, shouting excitedly and cheering for the news about the victory.

"Sedang was victorious, the Allied airship severely damaged the general army, and the emperor was rescued!"

"The airship struck, and the Germans fled in a hurry..."

Almost all newspaper offices have reprinted newspapers, and they are very clear that at this time, France needs this good news too much.

So what if the airship is not French?
The important thing is that the airship is on the side of France, and now it is the turn of the Prussians to cry.

Like everyone else, Joseph Joffre left the barracks excitedly, even if he was an officer, training troops to defend Paris, and now he, like his colleagues and soldiers, flooded the streets excitedly, counting Tens of thousands of Parisians took to the streets, and not just to cheer victory.People rushed to the South China embassy in Paris. This embassy used to be the office of the American Company. A few years ago, at the behest of the emperor, it was upgraded to an ambassador. In the name of "Kingdom of Carnia and Patagonia", king - this is Zhu Xianhai's highest title in name.

"Nanhua!"

"Nanhua!"

"Queen Charlotte..."

Shouts like these were louder and louder. When the embassy staff came out, he was greeted by a group of excited people who threw him in mid-air, shouting " Friendship" and the like.

On this day, all Parisians, and even all French, knew about the Nanhua Empire and knew that it was France's most solid and reliable ally.

Flowers, when Zhuge Jun's carriage drove out of the embassy, ​​countless flowers were thrown onto his carriage by Parisians. This was the case along the way, and many excited Parisians even wanted to rush to his carriage, facing these Agitated people, the cavalry guards escorting the ambassador had to beat them with scabbards.to protect the ambassador's safety.

The queen wants to summon the ambassador.

"Zhuge, my friend, look, now the whole of Paris, no, the whole of France is cheering for you, for our friendship!"

Now the majestic "Earl of Baliqiao", this general de Montauban who was awarded the earl by defeating the Qing army at Baliqiao in Tongzhou, the prime minister of the empire, has become a loyal licking dog, as God can testify, yesterday In the morning, he thought failure was inevitable.

The emperor could be captured, or he could commit suicide, but of course, that was impossible, as far as he knew the emperor, it was absolutely impossible for him to do that.

Even Emperor Napoleon I... didn't he also surrender?
Well, now, he no longer needs to think about this issue. The emperor and McMahon have broken through, Paris can be saved, and the Second Empire can be saved.

Of course, his position as prime minister was also preserved.

"Yes, all of us have felt the enthusiasm of the Parisians in the past few days,"

As early as a few days ago, many people ran to the embassy, ​​people waving the flag of Nanhua - they just painted the Suzaku with ink on the red cloth.

That's because Nanhua sent an airship, aid from foreign countries, especially the airship, it is a guy who can destroy the world.They come to the embassy.When cheering for Nanhua's friendship, I just cheered for the arrival of reinforcements.

And now?

But for victory!

"Mr. Prime Minister, I don't know why the queen summoned me?"

Zhuge Jun asked.

"Well, the purpose of the queen summoning you is very simple, that is, how many airships you have sent, can your airships help us defeat the Prussians?"

de Montauban asked expectantly.

The airship...that was the savior of France.

Of course, it is the savior of the Second Empire, and of course the savior of the queen.For an Empress Eugenie who feared the same fate as Marie Antoinette, news of her defeat would turn into riots in Paris and then revolution.

Now that the airship rescued the emperor and defeated the Prussian army of hundreds of thousands, they must be able to play a greater role.

"Mr. Prime Minister, please forgive me. I am not a soldier. I have no way to answer the queen's question, but..."

Looking at Prime Minister de Montauban, he is indeed the prime minister, but he is also a general. There are still bullets he fired on the Bali Bridge in Tongzhou, and even in the Royal Museum, there is also the Manchu Palace they robbed treasure.

Zhuge Jun didn't have any affection for this guy, but as a diplomat, he shouldered a more important mission.

"However, Your Excellency Prime Minister, you are a soldier, and I think you must have an answer in your heart."

Zhuge Jun's rhetorical question caused de Montauban to say with some regret.

"Hey, I know that airships can only bomb in the air, just like only warships can't win the war. Although airships are very powerful, our soldiers must be the ones who defeat the Prussians in the end. However, we are not ready at all. This war!"

France is not ready for this battle, the Prussians have mobilized [-] troops, and France?There were only more than [-] troops, of which [-] were besieged in Metz with Marshal Bazin, and [-] had just withdrawn with the emperor.

Although the emperor and the Second Army have escaped from birth, the Prussian troops are still extremely strong, and their strength does not include the troops of the four German states such as Bavaria...

What about France?
Apart from the army that was just brought out with the emperor in the same color, France now has no other troops.

In this case, France wants to fight, what to fight with?As a soldier, De Montauban naturally knew very clearly that it is impossible for France to fight anymore.

It can even be said that if it weren't for the airship from Nanhua that saved the emperor and McMahon's army, perhaps France would have surrendered by now.

De Montauban as a soldier for this.It is very clear, he clearly knows the current situation in France.

"But you are different. You just fought a war with Argentina. Now your army is intact. They can come to Europe at any time and fight for our friendship and the future between us."

Zhuge Jun almost didn't laugh out loud when he heard de Montauban's words.

Is this something a dignified prime minister can say?Doesn't he know that there is absolutely no so-called friendship between countries, the so-called friendship is based entirely on interests, and when interests outweigh everything else, this kind of meaning can be sold or sacrificed.

Now when you Frenchmen talk about friendship, what did you do to Nanhua in the past?You have done nothing, what qualifications do you have to seek Nanhua's friendship?
"It's difficult."

Zhuge Jun said directly.

"It's not because we are unwilling to help you. In order to help you, our airship troops have exhausted all the ammunition and fuel. If the Prussians attack Orleans now, our airships are likely to be destroyed by those Germans." Captured. Now here you make a plea, asking us to send our troops. But what can you do?"

What is this rhetorical question?
In fact, it is too simple.We've done everything we've done, now it's up to you French to do what you're supposed to do, and until then, we're not sitting.

In other words... Now it's up to you French whores to serve me!
If you don't take care of the uncle, the uncle won't even move!
When the voice fell, De Montauban was dumbfounded.Send the Buddha to the west, why don't you send it half way?

Although it was a little less, he was also very clear in his heart.This is the price to sell!

Before Nanhua showed their value.No one will care about their value, but for France now, Nanhua is the last straw of the French Second Empire.

We have given you a chance, now it's up to you to seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Negotiations have always been like this. Only after fully demonstrating one's own value can one strive for a better return at the negotiating table.

So what if you were silent before that?

He looked at De Montauban with a smile, but only for a glance, and then Zhuge Jun cast his eyes out of the window, as if talking to himself.he said.

"Paris, Koco is really a beautiful city, the most beautiful city in the world, that's all. But soon all this will disappear from the eyes of the world, after all, the Prussians are coming."

After that, he said again like a sigh.

"This is really a pity..."

(End of this chapter)